Southwest Fox 2024: In-person, still in jeopardy

We really want to have an in-person Southwest Fox conference. If you plan to be at the in-person conference, please register today if you have not already done so. We are still short of our minimum to make the in-person side of the conference happen by six people. Even if we get six more in-person registrations, we are taking a financial risk. If you plan to attend virtually, please register for the virtual conference as Read more…

Southwest Fox 2024: In-person, in jeopardy

We really want to have an in-person conference. We love the chance to see members of our community face-to-face and interact both during conference hours and outside them. If that matters to you, we need you to show up this year. Without at least 15 more in-person registrations by July 26, we will have to switch to an all-virtual conference, and we won’t be planning any future in-person events. For those signed up for the Read more…

Super-saver deadline is Sunday, June 30

Register now and save our fingernails Hear that sound? Tick, tick, tick, tick… That’s the countdown clock here at Geek Gatherings getting closer to the Super-saver deadline for Southwest Fox!  June 30th is this Sunday and we thought we would pass along one more reminder just in case you forgot to add it your reminder list or put a yellow sticky note on your monitor. We still need people to register to make the in-person side Read more…

Southwest Fox 2024 Registration Opens

We have officially opened registration for Southwest Fox 2024! The highly acclaimed developer conference is September 26-29, 2024.  Southwest Fox is a hybrid conference: in-person and virtual. The in-person event will be held at the Hampton Inn & Suites Phoenix-Scottsdale, the same location as last year, in the Phoenix suburb of Scottsdale. The virtual event will use the RingCentral platform (the same platform we use for Virtual Fox Fest). All sessions will be presented in a single room and Read more…

Time to register for VFF 2024

Virtual Fox Fest 2024 is on Wednesday, May 8, 2024, which is less than three weeks from now! We are getting close, and the preparations are in full swing. Ready to sign up? Just click https://geekgatherings.com/Registration.  Speaking of getting close, the Geek Gatherings YouTube Channel is closing in on 1000 subscribers and we would love to leap over this milestone. Please subscribe and check the notification bell so you can be one of the first to learn Read more…

Who’s Coming to Virtual Fox Fest 2024?

Virtual Fox Fest 2024 is on Wednesday, May 8, 2024. You can see which of your peers have registered and opted into the conference Who’s Coming List. We would love to see your name added this coming week if you still need to get registered. Ready to sign up? Just click https://geekgatherings.com/Registration.  The Geek Gatherings YouTube Channel has over 60 videos with session content from all the Virtual Fox Fest conferences over the last four years. That is Read more…

Virtual Fox Fest 2024 Registration is open!

Virtual Fox Fest 2024 is a one-day event on Wednesday, May 8, 2024. We have some great speakers delivering great sessions, live chatting during presentations, and getting to hang out virtually with new and old friends. This event will feature classic sessions (from previous conferences), updated for 2024, along with at least one brand new session. More details here: https://virtualfoxfest.com/ Registration is open! Details, deadlines and cost are available on our Web site. You register for the conference here: https://geekgatherings.com/Registration. Don’t procrastinate, get this done Read more…

Southwest Fox 2024: Call for Speakers

We’re excited to offer you Southwest Fox 2024, a hybrid conference; you decide whether to come in-person or watch online! The in-person event will be held at the Hampton Inn & Suites Phoenix-Scottsdale. The virtual event will use the Hopin platform (the same platform we use for Virtual Fox Fest). You can get more information on the Southwest Fox Conference Web page. The conference will take place September 26-29, 2024.  Call for SpeakersWe’ve issued the Call for Speakers for Southwest Read more…

What do you want to learn, 2024 edition

Each year, we post a list of topics suggested by attendees on the previous year’s conference evaluations to help people who want to submit proposals. (Here are the last few versions: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, and 2019.) Here’s this year’s list with suggestions from both Virtual Fox Fest 2023 and Southwest Fox 2023: VFP Grid use Workarounds for well-known unsolved VFP bugs Thor tools Insights to Thor How to contribute to VFPX Chilkat use cases Read more…

Save the dates for 2024 conferences

We have locked in our dates for our 2024 conferences and hope you will save the dates to attend. Our one-day Virtual Fox Fest 2024 will be Wednesday, May 8, 2024. It still has the same great features everyone loves about VFF: great speakers delivering great sessions, live chatting during presentations, and getting to hang out virtually with new and old friends. This event will feature classic sessions from previous conferences, updated for 2024.  We’re excited to offer you Southwest Fox 2024, a Read more…